Filsafat Pendidikan Islam: Sekularisasi Ilmu Pengetahuan Naquib Alatas

Abstract

This article discusses the concept of the secularization of science from the perspective of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas. Secularization is not understood merely as an institutional separation between religion and science, but rather as an epistemological process that changes the very nature of science itself. In al-Attas' view, secularization works by removing revelation, manners, and the purpose of worship from the structure of science, so that science loses its orientation towards truth (al-Haqq) and is directed towards the pragmatic interests of humans. This article uses a philosophical-critical approach by examining the concepts of humanity, knowledge, epistemology, and education in Islam, as well as examining the impact of secularization on modern science and education. The results of the study show that the secularization of knowledge is rooted in Western epistemology, which rejects revelation and makes doubt a method. As a solution, al-Attas offers the concept of Islamization of knowledge to return knowledge to its true purpose, namely the formation of civilized human beings.